FAQs

To ensure that the revenues generated in Glendora benefit the local community, the City Council voted to place a local 0.25% sales tax measure on the ballot. 

This local measure is intended to capture the 0.25% that will be available once the County’s Measure H sales tax ends in September 2027 or when it is repealed and replaced by Measure A. Taking local control of this tax back from the County of Los Angeles will help protect and improve City initiatives and programs, including public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and community quality of life measures. 

Measure H is a County of Los Angeles quarter percent (0.25%) sales tax measure to fund homeless services and prevention.  Measure H was on the ballot for Los Angeles County voter consideration in March 2017 and was approved with 69.34% of the votes.  

Originally estimated to raise $3.5 billion over 10-years, Measure H’s annual revenues are now over $500 million annually. Measure H will end on September 30, 2027.  

On June 25, 2024, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the placement of Measure A on the November 5, 2024 ballot.  Measure A would rescind and replace the existing Measure H, with a 0.50% sales and use tax. Officially called the "Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions and Prevention Now Measure,” Measure A qualified for the ballot after backers collected more than 390,000 valid signatures. 

This effort was led by a citizen's coalition called the “Our Future LA Coalition.” As a citizen initiative, the measure will require a simple majority vote (more than 50%) for approval, but less than a typical 2/3 special tax threshold.  Los Angeles County could place Measure A on the ballot as a result of the authority granted to it through the adoption of Assembly Bill 1679. 

Per Los Angeles County, 9% of the total revenues for Measure A will be, “Allocated to cities, councils of governments, and/or the County on behalf of its unincorporated areas, for programs consistent with the purposes including but not limited to homelessness prevention, homelessness services, or affordable housing programs. Funds shall be distributed via a formula based on the point-in-l time count and/or similar measures of people experiencing homelessness, as the Board of Supervisors determines in consultation with cities within the County.”  

The point in time counts conducted by the County of Los Angeles, through LAHSA, are not accurate on a city-by-city basis, but rather by the County as a whole.  Despite cities repeatedly pointing this out, if cities would like more accurate point-in-time counts they must pay for them, which Glendora has done twice. 

On October 10, 2023, AB 1679 (Santiago D) Transactions and use taxes: County of Los Angeles: Homelessness, was signed into law by Governor Newsom. Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy transactions and use tax (sales tax) for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the State’s Transaction and Use Tax Law. 

This includes a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with the law in the county not exceed 2%.  AB 1679 grants Los Angeles County with the authority to exceed that threshold. 

Since October 1, 2017, when Measure H went into effect, the Glendora residents have generated approximately $20 million for Los Angeles County. 

Since October 1, 2017, when Measure H went into effect, the City has only received $495,000 (2.5% of what was generated), of which $140,000 was shared among multiple surrounding cities.  

Moreover, the City has had to go to great lengths to receive these funds including applying for competitive grants to be awarded these funds. 

The current sales tax rate is 10.25% in the City of Glendora. 

California State Law caps sales tax at a rate of 10.25%. However, legislation can be enacted to allow revision to the Revenue and Taxation Code, as is the case of Measure A.  

AB 1679 was passed by the California Legislature on October 23, 2023, which allows the County of Los Angles to exceed the existing local transactions and use tax law of 2%.  

 There are four possible outcomes, each scenario described below:

Simply put:

Approximately $3 million annually.  

Because the City’s 0.25% sales tax measure is a local measure, all funds generated would stay local, and be at the sole discretion of the City Council.  The funds generated would be used to invest and address local priorities. As an example, the City Council could spend the money in the following manner:

Measure E is a three-quarter percent (0.75%) sales tax that generates approximately $8.5 million annually for the City of Glendora, and is used locally on public safety, public infrastructure such as parks, the Teen Center, and La Fetra Senior Center.  

It was approved by Glendora voters on March 5, 2019.  If Measure H was not in place, the Measure E could have been 1% with all funds directly benefiting the Glendora community.

Measure E revenue is collected separate from other tax revenue and is accounted for in its own fund.  Each year, the City publishes and distributes a Measure E Report to residents that explains how Measure E funds are expended.  The decision on how to spend Measure E revenue is made annually as part of the budget process, which includes several opportunities for public input, before being presented to the City Council for its consideration. 

Additionally, the City hires third-party (independent) Certified Public Accountants to audit expenditures annually.  The City’s proposed measure would be subject to the same transparency and review as Measure E.

Community Surveys conducted in 2018, 2020 and 2022 showed that residents are concerned with the following quality of life issues: